Car-fender.



o. 761,421. I PATBNTED MAY'31, 1904.

L. M. SNYDER.

GAR FENDER.

. APPLIOA'IION FILED APR. 1, 1904 N0 MODEL.

'- UNITED STA Patented May 31, 1904.

LEO M. SNYDER, OF DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 761,421, dated May 31,1904.

Application filed April 1, 1964. Serial-No. 201,101. (No model.) i

To all'whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, LEO M. SNYDER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing atDubois, in the county of Clearfield and Stateof'Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCar-Fenders, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to car-fenders, and has for its object theprovision of a fender of novel form and construction which will becomparativelylight in weight and very strong and so constructed andarranged as to prevent injury to a person or animal when struck by thefender.

In carryingmy invention into effect I con-v struct the fendersubstantially in the'form of a rectangular framework which extends infront of the car and is inclined from the'level of the car-body to apoint near the surface of the street. The supporting parts of the frame1 construct of suitable metallic bars, while those portions which areliable to strike a person or upon which they are likely to fall arecomposed of elastic air-filled cushions or tubing.

My invention consists in the novel construction, combination, andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying draw ngs, Figure 1 1s a side vlew of aportionof a car having my improved fender applied thereto.

' Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the'same. Fig.

3 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 1 is a sectional detail view ofpartof the elastic cushions which I employ; and Fig. 5 is a View,

, partly in section, of a modified form of cushion.

My improvement is applied to cars of any construction, and I havetherefore shown only a sufficient portion of the'platform of a streetcarto illustrate themanner in which my fender is applied to the car.

The platform of the car (designated 1 in the drawings) carries the usualdashboard 2 and the wheel-guard 3, which latter issustained above thetracks 1 4 by depending rods 5 5. The fender is secured to the platform1 and to the wheel-guard 3 and is constructed as follows: Adjacentto thetracks 1 1 and form 1 and the wheel-guard 3. vlower bars 6 and parallelthereto I arrange a parallel therewith I arrange a series of par allelbars 6 6, which are connected at their rear ends to an inclined frame 7,which extends between, and is connected to the plat- Above the secondset of bars 8 8, these bars being di' rected toward a common point andbeing con-. nected at their rear ends to eyes 9, carried by the'inclinedframe 7, and being connected at their forward ends by vertical rods 10to the bars 6. The outer ends of the bars 6 6 and the outer ends of thebars 8 8 carry the supports for the fender-cushions, which are shown insectional view on an enlarged scale in Fig. 1. These supports arecomposed of concavo-convex metallic sections 11 11, which carry eyes 12,by means of which they are attached, re

spectively, to the bars 6 of the lower frame and the bars 8 of the upperframe. Viewed from above these sections 11 11 extend in a straight line,and they have inwardlybent ends, as shown, and carry on their outersides elastic tubing 13 13, which is attached to the concavocon vexsections 11 11' in any desired manner as, for in stance, by suitablecement-or in any other manner by means of which tubing of this charactermay be secured in place upon a concave metallic surface. A similarmetallic section 1 1 issecured to the front of the carplatform 1, thissection being semicircular in shape in the form of platform shown or ofany other desired configuration, and it carries a section 15 of tubingsimilar to the tubing carried by the sections 11 11- The severalsections of tubing which constitute cushions are provided with valves 1616 similar to the valves used on bicycle-tires, and the cushions areinflated by means of an air-pump applied to these valves.

Straight sections of tubing 17 connect the upper cushions 13 with thecushion 15 and cushions 17, being disposed at the same angle to the bars8, but inclining from the car plat form downwardly, as shown in Fig. 1.The

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may fall between the tracks from passing under the fender.

In the modified form of cushions shown in Fig. 5 I employ a rubbertubing 19, within which I arrangea spiral spring 20, the tubing beingafter the spring has been introduced packed with fibrous material 21,and this form of cushion may be employed Where it is desired to dispensewith the inflation of the cushion with compressed air, this cushionbeing secured to the concavo-convex metallic sections 11 11 in the samemanner as the airinflated cushion shown in Fig. 4.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. In a fender for cars, thecombination with a supporting-frame composed of sets of parallel barsand sets of converging bars, of concavo-convex metallic sections carriedon the ends of said bars, and elastic tubing secured to saidconcavo-convex sections, substantially as described.

2. In a car-fender, the combination of a lower frame composed ofhorizontally-disposed parallel bars, an upper frame composed ofhorizontally-arranged converging bars, airinflated cushions arranged onthe ends of both frames, a cushion attached to the car-platform, andconverging cushions extend in g from the platform to the outer end ofthe upper frame.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

LEO M. SNYDER.

